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Frederick Douglass’ anti-slavery speech remains relevant
The abolitionist’s fiery message for America still resonates.
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Malcolm X’s fearlessness lives
Despite Trump’s attempts to stoke fear, every day Americans are carrying on Malcolm’s legacy of resistance.
Was bombing Iran part of Trump’s neocolonial project?
The U.S. is using military interventions, tariffs, and travel bans to reassert U.S. power and neocolonial subjugation.
SCOTUS hands Trump more power weeks after ‘No Kings’ protests
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on judicial authority and executive actions could have implications for the Trump administration’s legally questionable quest to end birthright citizenship.
‘Holler, Child’ is a blunt look at the lives of Black Texans
Latoya Watkin’s collection of short stories tackles generations of struggles, strife, and sacrifice.
Here’s how to protect yourself during protests
Learn ways to protest and the First Amendment right to have your voice heard.
Anti-DEI ‘color-blind’ argument ignores decades of research and best practices
Cato Institute expert Erec Smith testified that DEI principles fuel the notion that color blindness is racist.
Six liberating narratives by Indian authors
The book recommendations are for readers seeking transformative stories beyond the literary infrastructure of the West.
Kimberlé Crenshaw explains what everyone needs to know about the anti-woke movement
Crenshaw outlines the danger of co-opting ‘woke’ terminology, book bans, and the Trump administration’s attempts at cultural erasure.
Why ‘anti-woke’ ideology threatens everyone
Kimberlé Crenshaw, an author, civil rights advocate, and critical race theory scholar outlines the danger of co-opting ‘woke’ terminology, book bans, and the Trump administration’s attempts at cultural erasure.
Trump’s lies about ‘biological truths’ denies lived existence of millions
The president’s transphobic crusade poses dangerous consequences for everyone
Why, and how, journalists must cover racism
Emancipator contributors weigh in on how the press can do better.
What happens when oppression reaches a boiling point?
Scholars say ICE deportation protests could prove a crucible moment
‘Latinx’ is a defiant act of world-building
Amid Trump’s attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, inclusive language speaks a brighter future into existence
In ‘We Tried to Tell Y’All,’ Black Twitter is a case study in digital resistance
Researcher and journalist Meredith D. Clark says the social media platform was ‘a collective intervention on mainstream media narratives about Black life in America in the early 21st century.’
Diasporic bookshelf liberation means returning to the source land
Western readers have enormous power as gatekeepers and champions of literature from our homelands. It’s our job — and our joy — to seek them out.
Disability rights activists and scholars warn of eugenics echoes in Trump administration health policies
People with disabilities were among the first threatened and harmed by the Trump administration’s dismantling of legal guardrails and federal policies ensuring equitable protections and services.
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